Have you said your thank yous today?
Have you bothered to give back to your creator?
Have you bothered to thank HIM for the eyes to see?….
the nose to breathe?,the legs to walk? the mouth to eat?……all of those little things that we take for granted would mean the world to us once they are taken away.Most often times we forget,most often time we think it’s our right to have these things and even many more .
Have you ever tested your imagination by closing your eyes and walking around the same room that you have lived in for say 20 years? Do you or do you not still bump into objects in the same room that you have lived in for 2o years?I guess the most reasonable answer to that question without being hypocritical would be yes.
No matter how used you are to that same room you still loose direction and bump into things ,now in another similar scenario, imagine that you suddenly lost use of say the same eyes ,everything went suddenly blank ….you cannot see anything or anyone .
In a different scenario, your limbs suddenly went numb and you could barely walk,of course i wont go as far as suggesting your nose not functioning any more because you would probably be dead.
Then and only then ,we do become aware of the wonderful gifts we have been given freely,oh ..then we are grateful,then we wish sincerely we had done things a whole lot differently than how we performed before then.
Gratitude is supposed to be a way of life ,we should constantly be grateful to our creator for all the benefits and endowments we have packaged with our being.We should rise early in the morning and the first thing to say should be THANK YOU.
Thank you for everything and everyone around us ,for being able to even think the next second, for being able to respond to stimuli, to be able to get from point A to point B.
Iam grateful and constantly remind myself of the need to follow by the following principles:
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations
Because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary
Because it means you’ve made a difference.
It is easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are
also thankful for the setbacks.
GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
